The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-09
Saturday, April o, 1887.
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White Clay Creek Cemetery on Friday
of last week.
Misses Molie Falls and Lizzie Hut
ton Of Elkton, visited friends in Newark
un Thursday,
Mrs. Charles Philips, Of Wilmington
paid a short visit to Mr.. John Bower
this week.
The b. Il o. Railroad siding tc
Casho and Company's mills, has beer
completed.
Quite Il number of Newarkers at
tended the OPERA "Ruddygore," at Will
mington, this week
The Middletown Transcript has NOV
ed into new quarters, and is now ready
10 have their friends call.
Mr.. Robert ?. Davis, Of Milford,
spent Thursday of this week with +. l..
Raub, of the Academy.
Uncle Toms Cabin" was played be-
fore good size audience in Caskey Hall
on Saturday evening of last week.
Mrs. Frank Smith and two children
of Wilmington spent several days with
her sister, Mrs. W. b. Scott on Elkton
avenue.
The stone wall supporting the side
walk nearly opposite the Episcopal
Church, which fell down during the win
ter is now being rebuilt.
Easter Services in st. Thomas
Church at 1890 p. IN. The o'clock
services will be for the children. Special
decorations and music.
The herring frogs set up their croak
this week and we believe spring to be,
near. Although there is no telling how
soon another blizzard may set in,
We might say the season is here for
ice cream, and the place to get that deli
cacy tonight is at Mrs. $ A. Roach's
Main street. Also oysters in all styles
Fred Choate wants it thoroughly
understood that he keeps in stock con-
stantly varied assortment Of stationery,
books, magazines papers, etc lie asks a
call
A EastOr sermon will be preached at
the NJ. f.. Church on Sunday morning at
1890 o'clock by Rev. j. H. Caldwell,
d. D., LII. d., President of Delaware
College.
We call especial attention of our
advertisement columns in this issue
Read them and see where you can save
several dollars where you go to purchase
the articles they set down.
NO wonder that one catches cold.
( The thermometer on Monday afternoon
registered 760 and Tuesday 400, Il triiling
difference of 30 degrees. The wonder is
that there is no more sickness
The citizens of Kennett Square have
about one-third of $4,000 subscribed for
their electric light plant Is there any
good reason why this town should stand
back now? We await an answer.
The weather was quite warm on
lluHlIl. lllt At Alllo Univ
registered 72o at 4 o'clock This weather
did not last long however On Tuesday
night the mercury had fallen somewhere
near frezo
"A Hodgson street hen surprised its
owner the other day by laying an egg
with a well-formed capital + embossed
on one end of the shell. 1t was the
first Easter curiosity of the kind we ever
saw.-Orord Press.
We over heard the following CONVEX
saton between our boys
H.-Does February, March?
W.-No, but April May
A.-Ju(ne) know that Ju ly.
Fit An gust the same way with you.
Soon it will be when the front yards
will present beautiful appearance
with bright, sweet flowers. Tenderly
nursed through long cold winter, they
are transplanted in the spring when the
SUMS rays are warm enough to keep them
alive.
The backwardness of spring weather
will have the effect of making sprinp
sr;ts lool well late into the summer.
Fortunately we have not purchased one
yet, and if real pleasant weather does
not come soon will make last winters
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